Ebook: High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America

Out of Africa : foods, techniques, and ceremonies of the mother continent -- Sea changes : enslavement, the middle passage, and the migrating tastes of Africa -- The power of three : arrivals, encounters, and culinary connections -- The tightening vice : indenture to enslavement and the African hand in the food of Colonial America -- In sorrow's kitchen : hog meat, hominy, and the africanizing of the palate of the South o Freedom jubilee jubilations -- City food South and North : caterers, calas vendors, and the continuing of african culinary traditions -- Westward ho! : migrations, innovations, and a growing culinary divide -- Movin' on up! : resilience, resistance, and entrepreneurs large and small -- We shall not be moved : sit-ins, soul food, and increasing culinary diversity -- We are the world : making it in an expanding Black world and joining an unbroken African culinary circle -- Recipes -- Acknowledgments -- Further reading -- Selected African American cookbooks.;Professor and author of "The Welcome Table" chronicles African American cuisine's history, from its origins in the mother continent to its modern adaptations by celebrity chefs. Discusses the influence of Southern slaves trained to cook elaborate meals for their masters. Foreword by Maya Angelou. Includes recipes. Some descriptions of violence. 2011.